Posts Categorized: healthcare

Surgeon Uses Google Glass To Get Critical Data

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Description: As Google Glass becomes a little more mainstream, we take a look at how one surgeon is using the technology to gain insights into his patients’ conditions. Source: CNET Date: January 16, 2014 Part of your doctor’s prep routine for surgery could one day include putting on Google Glass. CNET’s Kara Tsuboi takes us inside… Read more »

First FDA-Approved Bionic Eye Ready for Commercial Launch in US

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Description: Advancements in Technology will now allow Americans suffering from retinitis pigmentosa the opportunity to improve their quality of life.  This eye wear will allow them to see light, shadows and sometimes even the outlines of objects or humans. Source: CNET Date: October 7, 2013   After more than 20 years in the making, the world’s first FDA-approved bionic… Read more »

Rhythmia Medical Maps A Better 3-D Picture Of A Beating Heart–From The Inside

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Description: Electrophysiology is a $2.5 billion space and it’s growing quickly with the help of digital innovation. Boston Scientific’s latest new heart mapping and navigation tools are among the most recent innovations. Source: FastCompany Date: October 26, 2012 Heart conditions show up as irregularities in the organ’s electrical routine. Heart surgeons and physicians sometimes check in… Read more »

Laptop Wi-Fi said to nuke sperm, but caveats abound

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Description: The digital age has left men’s nether parts in a squeeze, if you believe the latest science on semen, laptops and wireless connections. Source: www.reuters.com Date: November 29, 2011 In a report in the venerable medical journal Fertility and Sterility, Argentinian scientists describe how they got semen samples from 29 healthy men, placed a… Read more »

Drugmakers Mine Data for Trial Patients

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Description: A Pfizer-led group plans to buy access to hospital records in New York State to help identify and enroll participants in drug studies Source: www.businessweek.com/ Date: Nov 3, 2011 Pharmaceutical companies can easily spend years—and more than $1 billion—bringing a new drug to market, in part because they can’t find enough patients to do the… Read more »

Carrots, Sticks and Digital Health Records

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Description: The goal is to improve health care and to reduce its long-term expense by moving the doctors and hospitals from ink and paper into the computer age — through a shift to digital patient records. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Feb 26, 2011 The long-range vision is that computerized patient data is a step toward what… Read more »